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Originally Posted by NH.Solar
1. Buy your saws from a servicing dealer, not a box store. Some will offer a bit of advice to get you started.
2. But and alwayswear proper safety equipment; chaps, helmet and maybe even some ballistic gloves if your new to chainsaws.
3. Hold the front handle with your thumb opposed and wrapped around the bar, and your forearm fairly straight and locked out.
4. Constantly keep an eye on the top front corner of the bar as this is where kickbacks come from.
5. If the cahin feelks even a little dull either sharpen or remove it. A dull chain is a dangerous chain and actually if you constantly keep the chain sharp it will last longer.
6. Look for Youtube videos that fully explain spring poles and barber chairing as these are both especially dangerous occurances when felling trees.
7. Definitely buy non-ethanol gas and use the best 2 stroke oil mix you can. Non-ethanol by the way is not available unbtil you are north of Merrimack County, so buy it at the lake for your home.
Here is a really good video to get you started; Guilty of Treeson |
All good advice…especially about buying from a dealer with service.
But there is one more thing
“Widowmakers”……….always look up for dead branches before you cut